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In Russia, severe oppressive laws against Jews, which have given occasion for great persecution; -- so called because they received the assent of the czar in May, 1882, and because likened to the Prussian May laws (see Kulturkampf).

Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.

rt sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of. The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance. Bancroft.

A Russian village community. D. M. Wallace.

A native or inhabitant of Muscovy or ancient Russia; hence, a Russian.

Prussian blue.

A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions.

A wooden bar, or iron pin. W. C. Russell.

A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate. [Russia] Brande & C.

A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. W. C. Russel.

A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house. -- Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. -- Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, --…

A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a portion of Russia.

Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick. France and Russia have the pick of our stables. Ld. Lytton.

Capture of fishes, as by angling. [R.] W. H. Russell.

er timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.

An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia.

Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below.

e or manners. Milton. To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] W. H. Russell.

Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea. -- n.

r. [U.S.] -- Pony truck (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. -- Pony truss (Bridge Building), a truss which has so little height that overhead bracing can not be used.